Robyn Hitchcock – Mad Shelleys Letterbox (Guitar)
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[Verse]
E Time A Is written on your face E And the cold white arms of memory embrace you E Love A Is all we lay to waste B F# B Now it’s only lips of loneliness that taste you
[Chorus]
B Oh god you were beautiful A Oh god you were beautiful B Oh god F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
[Verse]
E A Me I never left the room E The lightbulb that shone down on me was gloomy E A I could read you by the moon B F# B The way you looked at me I thought you knew me
[Chorus]
B Oh god you were beautiful A Oh god you were beautiful B Oh god F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
(Special delivery from mad Shelley)
[Verse]
E What A Could anybody say E Except in hindsight this was bound to happen E A When two souls collide this way B F# B There’s no compartment they can find a map in
[Bridge]
A E D A I don’t know what your mind is thinking your mind’s not in your heart
[Chorus]
B Oh god you were beautiful A Oh god you were beautiful B Oh god F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards F# G# A F# E F# G# C# B Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
[Outro]
B Ahhhh B Ahhhh B Ahhhh
[Hook]
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